Dragonfly Aviation: Scalable Cloud File Storage on AWS
Customer Overview
Dragonfly Aviation Kenya is a privately owned aviation company headquartered in Nairobi, operating from Wilson Airport and JKIA. Established in 2022, the company delivers passenger and cargo aviation services across Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands, and the Middle East.
As the organization expanded its regional footprint, there was a growing need to modernize its IT infrastructure to support operational efficiency and business growth.
Business Challenge
Dragonfly Aviation relied on multiple on-premises file servers that had reached storage capacity due to increasing operational and compliance data.
Key challenges included:
- Limited scalability and storage expansion constraints
- Requirement to retain historical data for compliance
- Need to support ~50 users with uninterrupted file access
- Increasing operational overhead in managing storage infrastructure
The organization required a solution that would extend its infrastructure into the cloud while maintaining seamless access to critical business data.
Solution
Dragonfly Aviation partnered with Computer Revolution Africa Group (CRAG) to design and implement a secure, scalable AWS environment.
The solution included:
Managed Service
Following deployment, CRAG provides ongoing managed services to ensure continuous performance, security, and optimization of the environment.
Key services include:
- 24/7 monitoring of infrastructure performance and system health
- Backup validation and disaster recovery readiness
- Patch management and proactive system maintenance
- Continuous security monitoring and compliance enforcement
- Incident response and operational support
- Ongoing cost and performance optimization
This approach allows Dragonfly Aviation to focus on its core operations while CRAG manages the cloud environment.
Results & Benefits
The AWS transformation delivered measurable business value:
Eliminated storage limitations with scalable cloud infrastructure.
Improved business continuity through integrated backup and recovery.
Enhanced security and governance with centralized controls and monitoring
Seamless user experience with uninterrupted access for ~50 users.
Reduced operational complexity by offloading infrastructure management to CRAG.
The new environment provides a secure, scalable, and future-ready platform that supports Dragonfly Aviation’s continued growth.
Conclusion
By migrating to AWS with CRAG, Dragonfly Aviation transformed its storage infrastructure into a modern, resilient, and scalable platform, enabling the business to grow without the limitations of on-premises systems.
